Digital and Remote Resources for our Youth and Families
Parish Resources:
- Parish youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnl9e2ksEB2gFv03aUoc-w
- Lourdes youth instagram: @lourdesyouthrva
- Formed.org - Don't forget, you have access to over 4,000 different programs for free! To sign up go to formed.org, click "sign up," select "I belong to a parish or organization," find our parish (easiest to search by zipcode - 23228), enter your email and you're in! Apps also available for your phone or smart tv
- Write Mr. Steven ([email protected]) for book suggestions, movie suggestions, recommendations - feel free to touch base about anything and everything!
- Watch daily Mass online - with Bishop Robert Barron at https://www.wordonfire.org/daily-mass/
- Look up the readings on USCCB, read them together or listen to them proclaimed, and listen to a homily via YouTube or a podcast. A podcast homily to start with is Bishop Robert Baron.
- Pray An Act of Spiritual Communion when you can’t physically receive Holy Communion.
- Read a reflection on the daily readings from the Magnificat – it is offering complimentary access to its online version in response to the coronavirus.
- Pick a space in a room to be your sacred space. Move a chair to face a crucifix or saint icon, dim the lights, light a candle, and spend time with the Lord. If you have a hard time sitting in silence, start by playing your favorite worship song or Gregorian chant to help you enter into your prayer time.
- Change your phone background to something that helps you remember to pray throughout the day or reminds you of the liturgical season. One great place to look is at https://cassiepeasedesigns.com/
- Does someone at your house play an instrument? Look up the music for your favorite church song and sing praise to God together as a family!
- Pray a rosary or Divine Mercy Chaplet. If you’re looking for a recording, check out different options on YouTube, iTunes, and Spotify to pray along with.
- Meditate on the Stations of the Cross each Friday in Lent! Read it together as a family on EWTN’s website.
- Have a favorite saint? Look up what their rhythm of prayer would have been every day and pick one or two ways to incorporate that into your own life.
OLL Catholic Trivia Live - First Tuesdays of the Month @ 7pm
Every first Tuesday of the month our parish will be having an interactive live trivia event! Join us for OLL Catholic Trivia Live – where you will have the chance to compete as an individual or family against other members of the parish from the comfort of your own home.
How to play? Have one device (or browser tab) be open to the OLL facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ollrichva/) page a few minutes before 7:00. On another device (or browser tab) go to kahoot.it or open the Kahoot! app. You'll need a code to log-in to the game - you won't have it yet, but will receive it when the stream starts at 7:00. If you have the capability, my recommendation for an easy way to play is to have facebook open on a computer and the Kahoot! app open on your phone.
How to play? Have one device (or browser tab) be open to the OLL facebook (https://www.facebook.com/ollrichva/) page a few minutes before 7:00. On another device (or browser tab) go to kahoot.it or open the Kahoot! app. You'll need a code to log-in to the game - you won't have it yet, but will receive it when the stream starts at 7:00. If you have the capability, my recommendation for an easy way to play is to have facebook open on a computer and the Kahoot! app open on your phone.